Wriggle

Definition

wriggle /'rÇgl/ v (က) တြန္႔လိမ္(လႈပ္ရွား)သည္။ Stop wriggling (about) and sit still! ❍ The baby was wriggling its toes. (ခ) လူ လြးန္႔တိုးထြက္သည္။ The thieves left her tied up but she wriggled (her arms/ herself) free. ❍ The fish wriggled out of my fingers. ❍ They managed to wriggle (their way) through the thick hedge. n (usu sing ) တြန္႔လိမ္ျခင္း။ လူးလြန္႔ျခင္း။ ❏ wriggle out of sth/ doing sth [ PHRV ] ( infml ) (လုပ္ရမည္ကို) ေရွာင္တိမ္းသည္။ It's your turn to make the beds — don't try to wriggle out of it. ❍ The Minister managed to wriggle out of answering the question.

Examples

1. ‘Minutes later
2. she started to struggle again
3. pushing and pulling her arm
4. twisting and wriggling to try to get away.’
5. ‘Local ghillie David Dinsmore took a small party of Scouts to Addergoole river last Saturday
6. where all were surprised by the variety of tiny fish life that crawl
7. swim or wriggle on the river bed.’
8. ‘Sioni kicked and wriggled
9. but couldn't break free
10. much to other two's amusement.’
11. ‘She switched him back to the stroller
12. and a strange thing happened… Zack would writhe around in the stroller
13. wriggling and crying
14. until his mother picked him up.’
15. ‘We peer down at the tiny worm wriggling under the lens of our microscope.’
16. ‘She squirmed
17. writhed
18. and wriggled
19. trying to evade the grip of those carrying her.’
20. ‘I'd have to gingerly scoop up the worm (still wriggling
21. for he didn't kill them) and I'd throw it out the front door onto the little patch of lawn there.’
22. ‘She squirmed above him
23. wriggling like a fish on a hook.’
24. ‘Ivory screamed as she wriggled and twisted
25. trying in vain to get away.’
26. ‘The baby wriggled
27. all limbs kicking and waving happily.’
28. ‘Difficult to describe
29. the film contains a host of shifting shapes
30. such as dots and circles that wriggle and twist
31. as well as a recurring totem figure that is the most concrete element of the film.’
32. ‘They dropped to the floor and began twitching and wriggling slightly.’
33. ‘They had sliced the worm in two and the worm was still wriggling.’
34. ‘She's wriggling and twisting on the bed all the time.’
35. ‘Particularly ‘ticklish’ individuals wriggle and writhe in apparent agony
36. as well as laughing hysterically
37. when being tickled.’
38. ‘Sure enough
39. Fishy tugged the rod back and clicked the button and a shiny fish wriggled directly in front of Lazarus' nose.’
40. ‘Rowena had been scratching the puppy's tummy; she looked up at Terese but wasn't aware she had stopped moving until the puppy began to wriggle impatiently.’
41. ‘A little later
42. on the green
43. Dawa is carefully trying to remove a worm that's wriggling in his line.’
44. ‘The twins kicked and wriggled under his arms but couldn't get out of his powerful hold.’
45. ‘I could hardly keep still
46. squirming and wriggling all the time.’